EP1589629B1 - Appareil de protection électronique auto-alimenté pour disjoncteurs automatiques - Google Patents

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EP1589629B1
EP1589629B1 EP05075790.5A EP05075790A EP1589629B1 EP 1589629 B1 EP1589629 B1 EP 1589629B1 EP 05075790 A EP05075790 A EP 05075790A EP 1589629 B1 EP1589629 B1 EP 1589629B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H1/00—Details of emergency protective circuit arrangements
    • H02H1/06—Arrangements for supplying operative power
    • H02H1/063—Arrangements for supplying operative power primary power being supplied by fault current
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/02—Details
    • H02H3/05—Details with means for increasing reliability, e.g. redundancy arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H3/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection
    • H02H3/08—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to excess current
    • H02H3/093—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to excess current with timing means
    • H02H3/0935—Emergency protective circuit arrangements for automatic disconnection directly responsive to an undesired change from normal electric working condition with or without subsequent reconnection ; integrated protection responsive to excess current with timing means the timing being determined by numerical means

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  • the present invention relates according to claim 1, to an electronic protection device provided with a self-supply system and equipped with microcontrollers (said protection devices being referred to briefly hereinafter as relays), for automatic circuit-breakers (hereinafter referred to briefly as circuit-breakers).
  • self-supplied relays are meant relays capable of functioning also without a specific auxiliary supply, using that is, for their operation, energy drawn, via a supply device, directly from the stretch of electrical network protected by the circuit-breaker.
  • the supply device of the relay is typically constituted by one or more current transformers that draw energy from the stretch of electrical network protected by the circuit-breaker, and by electronic circuits, which supply an adequate electrical supply to the relay.
  • the main one is that of detecting failures and faults and of controlling opening of the circuit by the circuit-breaker.
  • initial instantaneous short circuits characterized by currents Iinst, which can cause enormous and irreversible damage even in periods of time in the region of a few milliseconds.
  • SCinst initial instantaneous short-circuit
  • SCinst is meant a short-circuit already present at the moment of, or concomitant with, closing of the circuit by the circuit-breaker. Said short circuits are particularly critical since they require the circuit-breaker and the relay to carry out opening immediately, as soon as the circuit is closed.
  • One of the data characterizing relays is hence the start-up time Tsu of the relays themselves.
  • the start-up time Tsu depends upon different factors, listed below:
  • Tsu Tps + Thw + Tsw + Tc.
  • SCinst instantaneous short circuits
  • the additional protection devices based upon these two solutions are generally far inferior, from the standpoint of precision and the possibility of calibration, to the main protection device, but in comparison with the latter they present the advantage of reacting in much shorter time intervals. They are normally calibrated in a fixed way so that they trip at current levels that are certainly dangerous, namely when the lack of interruption of the main circuit in times shorter than the time Tsu defined above is likely to expose the stretch of electrical network protected by the circuit-breaker or the circuit-breaker itself to permanent damage.
  • the subject of the present invention is a protection device of an innovative type equipped with a microcontroller that makes the protection function SCinst available in a very short time and exploiting all the potential of a microcontroller, without the use of additional protection devices.
  • the invention is obtained by providing the relay with at least two different levels of operation, namely, a first level of operation, in which the protection function SCinst is rapidly made available, and at least one second level of complete operation, in which also other functions of the relay are made available.
  • the above two levels of operation can be obtained indifferently by means of separate microcontrollers (for example, at least one for performing the protection function SCinst and at least one for performing the other protection functions of the relay), or else with just one microcontroller provided with at least one section, with privileged activation, for performing the function SCinst, and at least one other section for performing the other protection functions of the relay.
  • separate microcontrollers for example, at least one for performing the protection function SCinst and at least one for performing the other protection functions of the relay
  • just one microcontroller provided with at least one section, with privileged activation, for performing the function SCinst, and at least one other section for performing the other protection functions of the relay.
  • the first level of operation which has priority over the second, is activated using all the energy that can be drawn from the network at the moment of closing of the circuit by the circuit-breaker.
  • the second level corresponding to other functions of the relay, which are less critical from the standpoint of immediate availability, is activated subsequently.
  • This solution consists in conveying immediately, using strategies that enable at least a significant reduction in the time Tsu, all the energy, thus enabling implementation of instantaneous protection directly on the microcontroller, also and above all with self-supplied relays.
  • control device may conveniently comprise a microcontroller having two sections supplied separately, a first section being associated to the first of said at least two levels of operation, and a second section being associated to the second of said at least two levels of operation.
  • said control device can comprise a first microcontroller and a second microcontroller, the first microcontroller being associated to the first of said at least two levels of operation, and the second microcontroller being associated to the second of said at least two levels of operation.
  • said first microcontroller can advantageously be of a low-power type with reduced times for reaching steady-state conditions.
  • said first microcontroller is advantageously associated to the function of protection from instantaneous short-circuit SCinst and to the function of internal clock.
  • a microcontroller with internal oscillator can conveniently be used.
  • the supply device preferably comprises one or more current transformers that draw energy from the conductors of the stretch of electrical network protected by the circuit-breaker.
  • said means of regulation comprise a first supply regulator designed to supply said first level of operation and, even more preferably, a second supply regulator designed to supply also said second and possible further levels of operation.
  • a first supply regulator designed to supply said first level of operation
  • a second supply regulator designed to supply also said second and possible further levels of operation.
  • said first level of operation comprises management of the activation at least of said second level of operation as a function of the supply energy available.
  • said device for controlling the electronic self-supplied protection device according to the invention is associated to high-speed current sensors, which can advantageously be constituted by Rogowski coils.
  • the present invention relates to an electronic self-supplied protection device for automatic circuit-breakers that is characterized in that it comprises an electronic control device having a time of activation of the function SCinst of less than or equal to 2 ms.
  • the electronic self-supplied protection device comprises a supply device 2 that draws energy from the stretch of electrical network protected by the circuit-breaker to which the protection device itself is associated.
  • the supply device 2 comprises one or more current transformers 21 which draw energy from the conductors of the stretch of electrical network protected by said circuit-breaker.
  • the device moreover includes a control device 3, which comprises at least two levels of operation, the first of said at least two levels of operation being associated to the function of protection from instantaneous short-circuit SCinst, the second and possible further levels of operation being associated to further functions of said protection device.
  • a selective interface device 4 which comprises means for regulating the supply 41 and 42, which, in a first step, immediately following upon closing of the circuit by the circuit-breaker, supply said first level of operation, and, after a controlled period of time, supply also said second and possible further levels of operation of said control device.
  • the control device 3 can conveniently comprise a microcontroller having two sections 31 and 32 that can be supplied separately, a first section 31 being associated to the first of said at least two levels of operation, and a second section 32 being associated to the second of said at least two levels of operation.
  • said control device 3 can comprise a first microcontroller 31 and a second microcontroller 32, the first microcontroller 31 being associated to the first of said at least two levels of operation, the second microcontroller 32 being associated to the second of said at least two levels of operation.
  • the first microcontroller 31 can be advantageously associated to the function of protection from instantaneous short-circuit SCinst and to the function of internal clock. For this purpose, a low-power microcontroller with internal oscillator can conveniently be used.
  • the means of regulation 4 comprise a first supply regulator 41 designed to supply said first level of operation and, even more preferably, a second supply regulator 42 designed to supply also said second and possible further levels of operation.
  • the first supply regulator 41 is generally less powerful but much faster, normally suitable for low-power microcontrollers alone.
  • the second supply regulator 42 is, instead, more powerful, and is suited to the high absorption levels of the microcontroller when it implements all the functions (in the case where just one microcontroller is present), or else of the second microcontroller 32, which performs the functions typical of the second level of operation (as in the case of Figure 1 ).
  • the means of regulation 4 can moreover comprise a regulation block 44, which, when the circuit is open, generates a high voltage between the first supply regulator 41 and the ground that is exploited by said first supply regulator 41. When the circuit is closed, it enables, instead, delivery of more power to the second supply regulator 42.
  • the first microcontroller 31 manages the activation at least of the second microcontroller 32, through the block 43, according to the supply energy available.
  • the solution adopted in the present invention which envisages the use of two levels of operation, enables a marked reduction in the start-up time by optimizing all the elements that constitute the devices of the invention and in particular by means of:
  • the device according to the invention is able to implement the instantaneous protection with a time of roughly 1.5 ms, of which typically 1 ms is used for point a), and 500 ⁇ s are used for points b) and c). From this point on, the microcontroller is ready to trip, and the tripping time depends upon by the algorithm or algorithms.
  • the electronic self-supplied protection device for automatic circuit-breakers according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises an electronic control device having a time for activation of the function SCinst of less than or equal to 2 ms.
  • the electronic self-supplied protection device finds convenient application in automatic circuit-breakers and in particular in low-voltage automatic circuit-breakers.

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  1. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté (1) pour un disjoncteur automatique, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend :
    - un dispositif d'alimentation (2) capable d'extraire de l'énergie de la partie d'un réseau électrique qui est protégé par ledit disjoncteur ;
    - un dispositif de commande (3), qui comprend une première et une deuxième sections de microcontrôleurs ou des microcontrôleurs (31, 32), capables de fournir au moins deux niveaux de fonctionnement, un premier niveau de fonctionnement étant associé au fonctionnement de la protection à partir d'un court-circuit initial instantané, SCinst en abrégé, présente au moment de la fermeture dudit disjoncteur, un second niveau et des niveaux supplémentaires possibles de fonctionnement étant associés à des fonctions de protection supplémentaires dudit dispositif de protection ; et
    - un dispositif d'interface sélective (4) comprenant un premier régulateur (41) capable, dans une première étape, immédiatement après la fermeture du disjoncteur, d'alimenter, en utilisant toute l'énergie extraite du réseau électrique, ladite section de microcontrôleur (31) afin de fournir ledit premier niveau de fonctionnement avec une priorité par rapport audit second niveau de fonctionnement et auxdits niveaux de fonctionnement supplémentaires possibles et comprenant un second régulateur (42) capable, dans une étape suivante, après une période contrôlée, d'alimenter ladite seconde section de microcontrôleur ou microcontrôleur (32) afin de fournir également ledit second niveau de fonctionnement et les niveaux de fonctionnement supplémentaires possibles.
  2. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de protection comprend un microcontrôleur comprenant deux sections (31, 32) alimentées séparément, une première section (31) étant associée au premier desdits au moins deux niveaux de fonctionnement, et une seconde section (32) étant associée au second desdits au moins deux niveaux de fonctionnement.
  3. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de protection comprend un premier microcontrôleur (31) et un second microcontrôleur (32), le premier microcontrôleur étant associé au premier desdits au moins deux niveaux de fonctionnement, le second microcontrôleur étant associé au second desdits au moins deux niveaux de fonctionnement
  4. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier microcontrôleur (31) est d'un type à faible puissance avec des temps réduits pour atteindre un état stable.
  5. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon la revendication 3 ou la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier microcontrôleur (32) est associé à ladite fonction de protection à partir de l'abréviation instantanée de court-circuit (SCinst), et à la fonction d'horloge interne.
  6. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif d'alimentation (2) comprend un ou plusieurs transformateurs de courant (21).
  7. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon l'une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier niveau de fonctionnement comprend la gestion de l'activation d'au moins ledit second niveau de fonctionnement selon l'énergie d'alimentation disponible.
  8. Dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que ledit dispositif de commande (4) est associé à des capteurs de courant haute vitesse, de préférence des capteurs de courant à bobines de Rogowski.
  9. Disjoncteur automatique comprenant un dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon une ou plusieurs des revendications précédentes.
  10. Disjoncteur automatique basse tension comprenant un dispositif de protection électronique auto-alimenté selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 8.
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